The world’s next Nelson Mandela, Bryan Stevenson or Booker T. Washington might just hail from Montgomery, Alabama. Indeed, a generation of remarkable young men is being trained at Valiant Cross Academy, where daily learning is steeped in discipline and self-worth. It seems fitting that the state capitol is home to a school that provides outstanding education while providing boys with strong […]

Modeled on its successful trauma response system, the Alabama Department of Public Health will partner with the University of Alabama at Birmingham to improve a similar system for improved response to stroke across the state. This pioneering effort is a five-year statewide quality improvement initiative that aims to transform the acute stroke care system by coordinating prehospital and inter-facility […]

Jim Bob Rutlin has come home at last. Rutlin is one of the first residents of Union Village, an innovative community in Talladega for low-income blind, deaf and deaf-blind individuals. “It gives me a sense of independence,” said Rutlin, a blind part-time Braille transcriber at the library at the Alabama School for the Deaf.  “It says […]

Known around the world as the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. pastored, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is ingrained in American history. Now known as Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the house of worship has long been a main attraction for travelers from around the world when visiting Montgomery. King became pastor of […]

Incoa Performance Minerals is investing $110.85 million in a new calcium carbonate facility in Theodore that will employ 74 workers over the next five years. The company will sell to U.S. markets high-quality calcium carbonate, a product used as a filler in a variety of products from antacids to paint.

A team of scientists, including Jun Ebersole of the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, announced Wednesday the discovery of two new species of prehistoric shark that lived in the southeastern U.S. millions of years ago.

For someone who really doesn’t care for insects, Hailey Sutton has put her fears behind her to share Alabama’s great outdoors via her increasingly popular “Hiking with Hailey” segments on Montgomery’s WSFA-TV. Sutton, who hails from Red Oak, Texas, has been in Alabama for less than a year after her first TV gig in Montana. […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Friday expressed his desire to extend the extra $600 the U.S. government is currently adding to the compensation received by Americans on unemployment. “Unemployment benefits need to be extended. I would favor the 600 but what I really would favor is something that can pass Congress,” said Jones in […]

President Donald Trump is far outpacing his presumed 2020 election opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, in fundraising from Alabamians. Since the beginning of 2019, Trump has received 43,607 contributions from the people of Alabama for a total of $2,554,586.42. In that same timespan, 7,137 contributions from Alabamians have been sent to Biden, totaling $669,471.02. […]

Birmingham-based Southern Research recently announced a significant expansion to its ongoing support of COVID-19 vaccine development. The Alabama non-profit organization in February announced a collaboration with New York-based Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. to develop and conduct testing of the pharmaceutical company’s TNX-1800, a potential vaccine designed to protect against COVID-19. The new expansion will include […]

Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey on Friday gave an update about the reopening plans for public schools across the state. Mackey was speaking remotely during a virtual event hosted by Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). All public school systems across the state have been required to offer a virtual option for the upcoming school year to […]

MONTGOMERY — U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) will lie in state in the Alabama State Capitol on Sunday, as part of a publicly announced “Celebration of Life” for the civil rights icon. Lewis, who was born and raised in Pike County, passed away last Friday after a bout with stage IV pancreatic cancer. RELATED: Alabama […]

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan issued a statement on Friday supporting the cancellation of the portions of the 2020 Republican National Convention scheduled to occur next month in Jacksonville, Florida. President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the cancellation due to large gatherings being a substantial risk for spreading COVID-19. Certain business portions of the […]

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a scathing report condemning conditions and conduct of personnel at Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) facilities throughout the state. According to the document issued jointly by all three of Alabama’s U.S. Attorneys, Alabama’s prison system was in violation of the Eighth Amendment, citing numerous examples of […]

7. Another abortion clinic for Alabama The new Planned Parenthood clinic has opened in downtown Birmingham. The clinic plans to offer abortions at the facility, but there isn’t an exact date on when those services will be offered. The previous Birmingham facility has been in an area that regularly attracts protesting, and vice president of […]

With a little over 100 days to go until Alabamians go to vote in this year’s general election, they will have an opportunity to reelect incumbent Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) or the Republican nominee former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville to represent them in the U.S. Senate for the next six years. Coming […]

Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill has been elected as the Southern Region vice president for the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS). The election occurred during the association’s 2020 virtual summer conference, which concluded on Wednesday. According to a release from Merrill’s office, he will serve a one-year term, ending July 2021. He […]

The Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA) notched one more win in what is likely the final chapter of a nearly two-year legal battle over the treatment of its employees under the state’s ethics law. Montgomery County Circuit Judge Brooke Reid issued an order on Wednesday saying that employees paid from “self-generated” funds are not considered public […]

Questions remain about the dissonance between the market price for cattle and beef prices on the shelves at retailers, as cattle prices remain low and consumer beef prices are at highs. Earlier this year, businesses were forced to shut down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. That sent market demand into a tailspin, including […]

The Alabama Business Hall of Fame on Thursday announced that seven esteemed individuals will be inducted as its 2020 class. Established in 1973 to honor those who brought lasting fame to the state through their business contributions, the hall of fame is housed at the Culverhouse College of Business’ Bidgood Hall at the University of Alabama. […]

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) determined on Thursday that the treatment received by men in Alabama’s prisons violates the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution that protects against cruel and unusual punishments. The allegation specifically references the use of “excessive force at the hands of prison staff” as the treatment in violation of the […]

UAB Hospital plans to begin conducting next month a 500-person clinical trial of one of the world’s most promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Doctors Paul Goepfert and Nathan Erdmann, both of UAB’s Division of Infectious Diseases, detailed the plans to members of the media via video teleconference on Thursday morning. UAB’s trial will test the vaccine […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Thursday morning remotely interviewed on Talk 99.5’s “The Matt & Aunie Show.” The Republican congressman from North Alabama spoke to Andrea Lindenberg and guest co-host Andrew McClain in a wide-ranging discussion that lasted more than 17 minutes. Beginning his comments, Brooks addressed President Donald Trump the previous day speaking about […]

Fifteen organizations from the Birmingham area have partnered to create a group called Rebound Bham that aims to help local business owners make it through the coronavirus pandemic. Rebound Bham says it will “create workshops and resources” for Magic City entrepreneurs struggling with the effects COVID-19 has had on their businesses. An online kickoff event […]